Does he usually make excuses? I always thought he was fairly fair with his assessment and kudos to those giving him the "ass kicking".

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II

Hahaha u beat me to the punch.
I wonder if they'll be 20 threads about him now. But remember he's got it totally figured out doesn't need a coach he's just the best athlete ever.

Someone who leads a WC with 3 miles left "has a prayer" to come in first.

Has he ever come out of a poor performance claiming that someone cheated?

This post just sounds like a personal issue with the guy...

Salty!

Definitely wasn’t his day. But even if he’d have been firing on all cylinders he wouldn’t have been able to win given the calm conditions today anyways. If he’d have gotten off the bike with Wurf, he wasn’t going to run within 6 minutes of Lange.

I find his fan club on here as nauseating as the next man, but before the race is even over?

This is cruel!

I don't understand the fetishism, either pro or anti.

You must be a big fan of letsrun.com...

I find the Brownlee fanboys more nauseating ;)

Well, he was a complete non factor. Not even in the hunt. Goes home devastated.


My bet is that Lionel will show far more class than those like you who are celebrating his losing.

My thoughts exactly. Some folks really like him, so that makes somebody happy when he doesn’t have a great day? Tough for me to comprehend that kind of mindset.

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lionel is part of the most interesting race right now...
Can he get home infront of Ryf? Can ryf actually catch him on the road?

Im not sure its a done deal that he gets across the line in less time than ryf.

It's not Sanders. It's his fans and the fifty threads that they have going at any point in time.

It's like Steelers fans. They just go full retard.

You are a deadset wanker mate. Sanders is an interesting character and thank god he isn’t a cookie cutter boring no personality type. But the one thing he never does is make excuses , and he praises his competition with humility.

How salty are you!

There's really no reason to pile on Lionel like some of you have (and will). I think his race was an anomaly last year but he did almost win. So he deserves whatever props and he's a freak of nature. His race tactics just aren't there, along with not being able to make up the swim weakness compared to others. Now it seems his bike and run weapon aren't a weapon at least at Kona.

I do worry this is going to cause him to make more irrational training, nutritional, coaching, etc. changes.

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Brownlee needs to use his winnings to see a dentist

6.02 x 10^23

All I remember from HS chemistry beyond "Hot glass looks just like cold glass!"

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This place won't change next year, pre Kona will be full of threads about Sanders all the talk will be about Wurf, Kienle and Frodo when only one of them will have podiumed in the last two years!

1:10 of this video....duh? Need a coach much??

LS has nothing to be ashamed about. He puts it all on the line, and the cards fall where they fall.

I do wonder, however, if today's result was more about him underperforming, as opposed to the rest of the field get much faster/tactical at key moments (like the swim) for which he's less suited for. Today's race seemed like the tactically worst outcome for LS - falling behind a sizeable first pack with 2 superbikers in it to tow the field ahead so he can't make up enough ground on the bike.

It better cause him to freak out. He's getting left behind. Anyone that far back out of the water was an complete after thought today.

It looks like he had a worse than normal swim, but at the same time, that's going to be his issue forever now. You just cant have a major weakness such as his, especially in the "draft" friendly capabilities that I think the front group is showing more and more.


LS needs the worst of worst conditions, and today was the complete opposite, they said what the best conditions ever in what 30+ years.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
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I’d bet when he reflects on his erratic training that he does need to hand it over to a coach. If he is honest with himself it’s the only logical thing he can now try.

So sad. 26th in the men’s race and he can’t even manage to win the women’s race. The most overrated athlete in triathlon shows how mediocre he really is

& little love for the 3 Americans in the top 10. Russell’s day was pretty inspirational.